MCSA News

The MCSA winter conference will be held on Saturday February 5th. This is an annual meeting where all association members are required to attend, regatta selection, executive board elections and more occur.

Congratulations to Leo Boucher from St. Mary's for winning the Glenn S Foster Trophy for the College Sailing Singlehanded Championship! Congratulations to Charlotte Rose from Jacksonville for winning the Janet Lutz Trophy for the College Sailing Women's Singlehanded National Championship!

The following individuals have earned selection to the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship @ Severn Sailing Association November 5-6, 2021

Leyton Borcherding '25, Brown University
Leo Boucher '22, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Charles Carraway '22, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Nicholas Davies '24, Yale University
Diego Escobar '25, Georgetown University
Cameron Feves '22, George Washington University
Marcus Huttunen '24, Tulane University
John Kirkpatrick '22, Stanford University
Thad Lettsome '24, Tulane University
Thomas McCann '22, Georgetown University
Richard McCann '22, University of Miami
Gavin McJones '23, U.S. Naval Academy
Connor Nelson '24, Brown University
Valerio Palamara '24, Hampton University
David Pearce '23, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Nicholas Reeser '25, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Nicholas Sessions '24, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Ryan Squires '22, Miami University

The members of the ICSA Coed Selection Committee are:

Chris Barnard
Derek Deskey
Charlie Lalumiere
Greer Parker
Belle Strachan

The following individuals have earned selection to the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship @ Severn Sailing Association November 5-6, 2021

Grace Austin, Stanford University ‘23
Lauren Ehnot, Cornell University ‘24
Annika Fedde, Tufts University ‘23
Marina Geilen, University of Miami ‘25
Piper Holthus, Georgetown University ‘25
Ciara Rodriguez-Horan, Tulane University ‘25
Heather Kerns, Hobart and William Smith College ‘24
Sophia Montgomery, Harvard University ‘25
Lilly Myers, Cornell University ‘23
Christine Reimer, Bowdoin College ‘24
Sophia Reineke, Boston College ‘22
Charlotte Rose, Jacksonville University ‘22
Lucija Ruzevic, Cornell University ‘24
Siri Schantz, Ohio University ‘23
Elizabeth Shanahan, Boston College ‘23
Alexandra Talbot, Tufts University ‘25
Talia Toland, Tufts University ‘22
Sarah Young, Dartmouth University ‘25

The members of the ICSA Women’s Selection Committee are:

Allie Blecher 
Clinton Hayes
Ned Jones
Gabby Rizika 
Kelsey Wheeler

The following schools have earned selection to the ICSA Match Race National Championship @ University of Florida/St. Petersburg Yacht Club, November 13-14, 2021

Bowdoin College
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Jacksonville University
U.S. Naval Academy
Stanford University
Tulane University
University of Wisconsin
Yale University

The members of the ICSA Coed Selection Committee are:

Chris Barnard
Derek Deskey
Charlie Lalumiere
Greer Parker
Belle Strachan

6 MCSA teams attended the IOR regatta on the east coast out of Larchmont, NY. Teams in attendance included: Grand Valley, Michigan, MIchigan State, Ohio State University, Toledo and Wisconsin. The University Of Toledo recounts their experience... 

The 2021 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) was hosted this past week, September 24th through 26th 2021 at the Columbia Yacht Club (ColYC) in Chicago, IL. The event was co-hosted by the Storm Trysail Club and Columbia Yacht Club with support from the Chicago Tartan 10 Fleet and the Chicago J105 Fleet. This year 18 teams participated in the competition alongside owners, coaches, and organizing staff.  The event saw over 160 individuals involved in total!

After a quick hiatus due to the COVID19 pandemic, College Sailing in the Midwest is back with a bang! The MCSA conference kicked off racing with two events during the weekend of September 11 and 12, 2021. 

ANNAPOLIS, M.D. (June 29, 2021) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association is pleased to present the 2021 Virtual All-American Awards in lieu of an in-person ceremony following the National Championships. The Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, the Everett B. Morris Trophy for College Sailor of the Year and Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award were announced with the new inductees to the ICSA Hall of Fame. The names of the winners for the 2020-21 season will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame displayed at the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

ITHACA, NY. (June 28, 2021) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has named its 2019-20 All-Academic Sailing Team. The All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes collegiate sailors who have achieved excellence in national and inter-conference competition as well as excelling at the highest academic level for the 2019-20 academic year.

The criteria for the honorees of the ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team are that he or she must be a junior or senior who has participated as a competitor or alternate in four regattas and have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

A committee comprised of representatives from conferences in the ICSA evaluates the nominated sailors. This year’s All-Academic Team has over 90 members.

Additionally, a virtual awards ceremony will take place tomorrow evening, Tuesday, June 29th at 6 pm Eastern, announcing the All-American Team, Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, Everett B. Morris College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award and the new inductees to the ICSA Hall of Fame. Watch on the College Sailing YouTube Channel or ICSA Home Page.

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Today was the last day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy with support from Georgetown University, the Annapolis Yacht Club, Severn Sailing Association, Eastport Yacht Club and the Annapolis Sailing School. The Naval Academy came out on top on their home waters to win the national title and the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.